OOTI closed last weekend, and I'm surprised by how much I miss it. I see these people mostly every day, so it's not like I don't see anyone from the show anymore. But I miss seeing them every day and watching them perform from backstage. I went to an a capella concert last night and saw a lot of my OOTI friends and we were all talking about having a mini reunion at some point soon just to hang out and spend time with each other, which will be really nice.
The show went very well, it was sold out all four performances to the point where we illegally added seats (shhh) so that people on the waiting list could get in too. Michael had a ticket for Friday night but he didn't get in until after the show, so I let Elle's friend Gavin have his ticket. Michael ended up seeing the Saturday matinee, and then he hung out with me backstage for the rest of the shows.
Last weekend was one of the best weekends I've had in awhile. Michael came and visited from Georgia, which was absolutely amazing. When he got in on Friday, it was right after the show, and I got a text from him saying he was in the lobby. So I bolted out from backstage and ran into the lobby and jumped into his arms. It was the best feeling. He got to meet a lot of my VP friends, and I took him around the city a bit. We went up to Times Square and took some silly tourist-y pictures, and then we also walked around the NYU campus area. We spent a lot of time just hanging out and talking, which was really nice. After not seeing him for seven months, it was great to just be with him and spend time with him, even though we weren't doing anything super exciting. He would just hang out with me backstage and help me if I needed it, but for the most part he just sat around and played on his phone. I kind of felt bad but he said he didn't mind, he just wanted to be near me. We ate at some yummy restaurants too, which was a nice break from dorm food. We went to the Knickerbocker for Valentine's Day dinner, and that was soooo good. For dessert we had homemade coffee ice cream which was so delicious, I kind of wanted to order another one just for myself. The last dinner we had together was at Five Napkin Burger, which I've walked past a bunch of times and have always wanted to try. It was so good!! I haven't had a good, decent burger in a while. I definitely plan on going back there at some point. Michael had a 6 am flight on Monday so he got a cab at 4 am. We were going to go to the cast party which was that night, but we decided to go back to my room to enjoy our last few hours together before he left. Tears were definitely shed on my part, but he gave me his army PT shirt, a Tanker shirt, and my favorite plaid shirt of his. So I've been sleeping in those for the past week or so.
This week has definitely not been as enjoyable as the past weekend, I think I was just kind of sad about Michael leaving and about the show ending. I've started rehearsals for Legend of New York, which is the new musical that Steinhardt is doing this semester. I'm ASMing it, along with my friend Alex. She and I are both coming off of OOTI, so we're pulling two shows in a row. This show is a different experience from OOTI, because I think for OOTI the artistic staff was much more relaxed and laidback, and I also felt more a part of the team. With Legend, I'm the ASM so there's more running around making copies or returning carts or taping the floor. It's more busy work, but I think it's also more typical of an ASM's job. OOTI wasn't really a good example of the norm, but then again Legend is a new work so it'll constantly be in flux. We'll see, though. It's been getting better, I don't hate coming to rehearsal anymore, but it's still not the most exciting part of my day.
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